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Economy & Labor
How to Pay for Single Payer Health Insurance, Part Three
This is a continuation of our series of interviews looking at single-payer or government-run health insurance plan and focusing particularly on Maryland.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: New Legislation Would Place a Tax on Carbon Emissions, and More
In today's On the News segment: The world is on the brink of a major food crisis, Democratic Congressman Jim McDermott introduced legislation last week to place a tax on …
WikiLeaks in Latin America: Online Whistleblower’s Wide Impact in Region Where Assange Seeks Asylum
If Julian Assange is granted asylum in Ecuador, he will become a resident of Latin America, where the trove of classified U.S. State Department cables he strategically disseminated through …
Economic Update: “Economic Facts and Realities”
Updates on Europe's ongoing crisis, real US tax history, bank tycoon admits
Should the Wealthiest Person Be President of the United States?
Charles Murray believes that the wealthiest person should be made President of the United States.
Should the Wealthiest Person Be President of the United States?
Charles Murray believes that the wealthiest person should be made President of the United States.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: A 21-Year-Old in Arkansas Was Shot in the Head While Handcuffed in the Back of a Police Car, and More
A 21-year-old in Jonesboro, Arkansas is dead after he was mysteriously shot in the head while handcuffed in the back of a police car.
Change Will Occur
Political-economic systems come and go over time, and the current American system is probably not the be-all and end-all of world development.
Robert Pollin: Full Employment Is Possible!
The last time the US saw relatively full employment wasnu2019t in ancient history. It was at the end of the 1990s. We can do it. Pollin lays out how.
LIBOR – Insider Trading on a Massive Scale
Stephany Griffith-Jones: Major banks fixed interest rates to make short term profits and look stronger than they were.